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Two follow-up project applications stemming from CHARTS project and the 'Thessalia
Charter'have been submitted by CHARTS project partners and further partners in the first Call of the new Interreg Europe programme, viz:

CHRISTA: Culture & Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and
Sustainable Tourism Actions, led by ECTN - the European Cultural Tourism Network, international association based in Brussels, Belgium,

21st September has become the European Cooperation Day (EC Day). On that day and several days around, hundreds of events all over Europe will showcase results of
European territorial cooperation projects. For the third time already, these events will highlight the benefits of territorial cooperation, also within INTERREG IVC projects. This initiative is
supported by the European Commission and the European Parliament.

In the framework of the 37th meeting of the Commission for the Middle East, UNWTO organised an International Conference on 'Exploring New Cultural Horizons for
Tourism', which took place from 28 - 20 April 2013, in Manama, Bahrain.

Mr. Jordi Tresserras, representative of partner IBERTUR/Barcelona University, was invited to coordinate the panel session on 'Reviving cultural and spiritual routes,
innovating in heritage interpretation and developing heritage networks'. He presented and introduced a state-of-the-art about the subject with a
mention about CHARTS and the interest for project partner regions for the cultural routes initiatives.

As the
leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental
sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.